Value of Transnational Medical Research

by Ann H. Kelly

"What is the value of medical research? With contributions from anthropologists, sociologists and activists, this approach brings into focus the forms of value--social, epistemic, and economic--that are involved in medical research practices and how these values intersect with everyday living. Though their work covers wide empirical ground--from HIV trials in Kenya and drug donation programs in Tanzania to industry-academic collaborations in the British National Health Service--the authors share a commitment to understanding the practices of medical research as embedded in both local social...